Thursday, August 9, 2012

A photograph that moved me 感動をくれた一枚の写真

Yesterday I received this photo from a stranger. It is a photo of a staff member reading my book, "Wonder Garden" to the Tibetan children at a Tibetan orphanage in Nepal. When I saw those children leaning forward to see my book so eagerly I was deeply touched. It was just so wonderful to know that my books are read by many children whom I've never met!

"Wonder Garden" was the second book that my "Books for Children" created, and we donated about 2,500 copies to the Tibetan refugee schools in India, Nepal and Bhutan. The forewords were written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and professor Robert Thurman, and the special messages on the cover were written by my dear friends in Japan, a popular actress, YOU, a renowned singer, Koshi Inaba and a popular photographer, Rowland Kirishima. It is a true story that happened at the garden of the Dalai Lama, and it is a heart-warming episode of an old dog and a baby rabbit.

It is one of my favorite stories. It has been a while since I read it... I think that I shall read it again.

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About Me

I'm a full-time artist living in Southern California. I was born in Tokyo, and have lived in New York City for 33 years. 東京生まれ、ニューヨーク育ちの画家です。現在、南カリフォルニア在住。
http://www.rimafujita.com
Email: rimafujita@hotmail.com

Simple Meditation シンプル瞑想

The Little Black Box 小さな黒い箱

Wonder Talk ワンダートーク

チベット孤児に贈った第一作 -ウィットあふれるチベット民話- サンクチュアリ (画像クリックでアマゾンへ）First book that Books for Children created for the Tibetan refugee children in exile. Available at Asia Society, Tibet House NYC, Rubin Museum, ABC Carpet & Home, Kumari, Wholefoods and Jivamukti Yoga.

Wonder Garden ワンダ−ガーデン

チベット孤児に贈った第二作 -ダライ・ラマの実話- 扶桑社 （画像クリックでアマゾンへ）Second book that Books for Children created for the Tibetan refugee children in exile. Available at: Asia Society, Tibet House NY, Rubin Museum, ABC Carpet & Home, Wholefoods and Jivamukti Yoga.

TB Aware

チベット孤児へ贈った第三作 ー結核予防の予防ー （クリックするとBooks for Childrenのサイトへ）An educational book to teach Tibetan children in India how to prevent TB; collaborated with Rachel von Roeschlaub